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T. G. HUDSON. FITTING FOR FLASKS BOTTLES, &c.

No. 498,934. Patented June 6, 1893. ig-l 12 10 Mg F.- :1. C- 5/ "l V 6 I 7 l I i 1H: NORRIS PETERS cm'Pncn'a-LWNQ. wAsHmaToNl D4 0.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

THOMAS C. HUDSON, OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND.

FITTING FOR FLASKS, BOTTLES, 800.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 498,934, dated June 6, 1893.

Application filed October 18, 1892. Serial No. 449,219. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, THOMAS C. HUDSON, of the city of Providence, in the county of Pr0vidence and State of Rhode Island, have invented certain new and usefullmprovements in Fittings for Flasks, Bottles, 820.; and I hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification.

This invention has reference to improvements in automatic fittings adapted to be secured to the necks, or vents, of bottles, or

other vessels, for containing condiments,

perfumes, or other liquid or powdered substances.

The object of this invention is to produce a fitting, of the nature described, by which the vent of the vessel may be readily opened to permit a discharge of a portion of the contents thereof and will be automatically closed.

The invention consists in certain peculiar features of construction and combination of parts which will hereinafter be more fully described and pointed out in the claim.

Figure 1 represents a view of myimproved fitting indicating its application. Fig. 2 represents a vertical sectional view of the same to more clearly show its construction. Fig. 3 represents a similar view of the improved fitting showing a slight modification in the securing device.

Similar numbers of reference designate corresponding parts throughout.

In carrying out my invention -I form a sheet-metal cap 5 closed at the upper end and divided midway by the circumferential-rib 6 below which the material forms a skirt 7 by means of which the fitting may be secured over the vent of a bottle or other vessel; this skirt 7 may be contracted, as shown in Fig. 3, and its interior surface may be roughened or provided with a screw-thread by which it is secured to a thread formed around the neck of the article, or fastened thereto by cement. The walls of the cap near the top thereof are perforated as at 8-8 and two or more vertical guide-slots 9-9 are cut through the same. The hood 10 is of a diameter slightly greater than that of the cap 5 so as to closely fit over the same and is furnished with the perforations 11-11 corresponding in number, size and location to those 8-8 of the cap; the top of this hood is furnished with the raised thumb-piece 12 and portions of the sides are indented to form the stops 13-13 which fit into the guide-slots 9-9 and limit the movement of the hood by striking the ends of the guide-slots.

Located between the top of the cap 5 and the hood 10 is a coiled-spring 14 adapted to exert an upward thrust on the hood to lift the same away from the cap.

The distance of the perforations 11-11 from the lower edge of the hood is such that, when the hood is depressed to bring this edge against the ribfi, the perforations 11-11 will register with those 8-8 of the cap, while when the hood is raised by the spring the perforations 8-8 of the cap will be closed by the solid portion of the hood below the perforations 1111.

This device is particularly adapted for use on salt, or pepper, boxes, but its convenient form makes it also desirable for use on cologne flasks and scent bottles of all kinds.

The operation of the automatic fitting will be readily understood from the drawings. When downward pressure is applied to the hood 10 the spring 14: is contracted and the hood slides down over the cap until the lower edge of the hood strikes the rib 6 when the perforations 8-8 and 11-11 will register. The containing vessel being turned on its side and slightly shaken a portion of the contents will be delivered through the perforations. the hood the spring 14 will force the hood upward and the solid portion of the hood below the perforations 11-11 will be brought opposite the perforations 8-8 of the cap and close the same.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent An automatic fitting for the vents of hot tles, &c., consisting of the cap 5 closed at the top and having the rib 6, the attaching-skirt 7, the circumferential perforations 8-8 and the verticalguides 9-9, of the hood 10, closely fitting the cap, movable thereon and Vhen the pressure is removed from having the thumb-piece 12, the perforations In witness whereof I have hereunto set my 1111 adapted to register with the perforahand.

tions 8-8 when the hood is depressed the p T stops 1313 for engaging the slots 9-9, and THOMAS the coiled-spring 14 interposed between the Witnesses:

cap and the hood, as and for the purpose de- HENRY J. MILLER,

scribed. M. F. BLIGH. 

